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A Reason To Give Thanks

I was talking with a young Christian man recently. He was discontented. I’ve found that when I am down or discontent it helps me to praise God and give Him thanks, so I quoted the following verses to him: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Since he was not in a good state of mind…..yet…..I didn’t suggest he give thanks for the bad things happening in his life…………… ………yet. I just asked him what he thought about that passage in the Bible. His response was, “What do I have to give God thanks for?” Sometimes, when we focus on the things that aren’t great in our lives all we can see are

Jesus is Not a......

When I was a little kid and had a headache my momma would give me an aspirin. My headache would go away! It was like magic! Did you know there is in history a B.A. (Before Aspirin) and an A.A. (After Aspirin)? There is! There was a time where there was no such thing as aspirin. I was wondering this week how people survived before there was aspirin and other medicines. In our culture we have learned that we don’t have to feel pain or discomfort. All we have to do is take a pill or shoot some nasal spray up our noses or rub some cream or ointment on our skin and, most of the time, we feel better. I don’t think that is a bad thing. In fact, I took some aspirin just this week. I believe God made

Practical Christian Living

A man was recently asked to leave an overbooked airplane recently. (Overbooking an airplane is an infuriating practice.) He refused and when the officers tried to force him to leave he threw a tantrum. The result was that he WAS ejected after being beat up. (He settled with the airline and got money from the reaction to his rebellion.) I don’t think he should have been beaten up but I’ve been thinking about all this. I remember being in college as an 18 year old and some professor posing a question to us. It had to do with deciding who to throw overboard to drown if we were in an overloaded life raft. This was my first exposure to what we were told was called "situational ethics." I love

Focus and Control of Our Souls

I found a Doonesbury comic that I agreed with this morning. In it the author, Garry Trudeau made fun of fellow liberals. I was impressed by that and appreciated it. (Usually he just hammers conservatives and conservative values.) I enjoyed the balance. I love this because it addresses a reality that affects all people, no matter whether they are liberal or conservative or whatever their stance is on anything, really. Whenever we obsess on anyone or anything, that person or thing begins to exert influence on our souls. At some point....it controls us. Think about that. If you REALLY hate something or someone, do you REALLY want that person or thing to be in control of your soul and, therefore

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